A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

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Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his fo...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers ...

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling e...

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A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und...

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exi...

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At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go ...

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit ...

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A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

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